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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning enable people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. People want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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